Haunting Tombs of Qutub Shahi Kings

Haunting Tombs of Qutub Shahi Kings

The
Qutub
Shahi Tombs place is probably one of the most haunting of places you’ll
ever find in Hyderabad, India. It’s seven
tombs worth of Qutub Shahirulers during the Qutub Shahi period in Indian history. This place is held
in great veneration, and goes back as early as the 19th century.
It’s intended to be a tomb garden, with domes that are made of blue and green
tiles, and with sarcophagus and structures with intricately carved stonework
and are surrounded by landscaped gardens.

You
see, what’s so haunting about the Tombs of Qutub Shahi Kings?
Let me be clear first, and shed some light on the haunting part. Not saying
this just to scare the shit out of you, but have you ever been in a place that
gives you the creeps even if it’s completely uncalled for? I’m never the type
who easily gets scared nor do I believe in superstations, so receiving some
goose bumps, in a scary kind of way, in
broad daylight fyi, is kinda new.

Haunting
in the scary sense – yes, cos even if the place looks preserved and being
maintained in as much as they can, there’s this air of foreboding that can only
be triggered by one’s passion for horror flicks. Yes, guilty as charged.

Haunting
in the melancholic sense – yes too, cos even if the place looks deserted and
alone, you can perceive the unobtrusive essence of royalty that is still
present inside the tombs. Yes, that’s what traveling is supposed to be for.

Haunting
in the real-life danger kind of sense – yes also, cos even if we were
approached by an old local who said he was an official tour guide and offered
to take pictures and all… then suddenly turned ballistic and extorted huge
amount of money once the ‘tour’ was over. Yes to bringing looooose coins and
small bills.

This
isn’t the scariest of travel experiences I’ve had, but it sure is something for
the books.. I like this about India - it’s
one of those city-tour adrenaline filled encounters you may or may not enjoy! I
don’t mind! #yoloawesome

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Bowdy is an amateur adventurer, a coffee sleepyhead, and a start-up rooter, with a penchant for classic-looking photos. At last count, he has visited some 52 countries, and is now living in Singapore. He's always in search of fascinating routines to exploit, within the edges of after-office hours and (un)limited holidays.